Long-term changes in the snow-firn pack stratigraphy on Urumqi glacier No. 1, Eastern Tien Shan, China

We report on changes to the snowpack of Ürümqi glacier No. 1, eastern Tien Shan, China, resulting from climate change between 1961 and 2005. Data from more than 120 snow pits were used to investigate temporal changes in the snow stratigraphy for three periods 1961–62, 1980–83 and 2002–05. Both the t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wang, F., Li, Z., Edwards, Peter, Li, H.
Other Authors: Unknown
Format: Conference Paper
Published: International Glaciological Society 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16171